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and those who are comforted like david brooks and some people have talked about how they're comforted by the fact he's a flip-flopper and he would be more likely to work through some bipartisan reform. on the other hand, he's going to be dealing with a severely conservative house republican conference, and they're not going to give an inch on him. i'm not sure how we expect him to get anything done when he's going to be dealing with the same intransigent group we've been looking at. >> but to that point, julian, when david brooks and t"the times" says romney will work with this congress doesn't that mean romney will fall down and allow people to drive through the brutal and callous legislation they would seek? >> david brooks is probably my favorite columnist after michelle cottle that is, but this kind -- >> i share that view. >> this kind of endorsement from him is kind of like a drunken toast from a best man. it's essentially saying romney is a good candidate because he's about as hollow as the tin man and he will fold depending what the political winds are which is hardly a very s
and those who are comforted like david brooks and some people have talked about how they're comforted by the fact he's a flip-flopper and he would be more likely to work through some bipartisan reform. on the other hand, he's going to be dealing with a severely conservative house republican conference, and they're not going to give an inch on him. i'm not sure how we expect him to get anything done when he's going to be dealing with the same intransigent group we've been looking at. >>...
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. >> david brooks, whose best claim to fame is drooling over obama's crease in his pants. >> this was math. it was ground game. >> mitt romney would have won last night if he had the same demographics ron 23458d reagan had. >> it was about 35 to about 12 of people whose votes were decided for them by their ethnicity, their age, or their gender. >> if we're not getting the female vote, do we become pro-choice? >> you cannot dodge the reality that the republican party has a woman problem. >> my wife reports to me regularly that the issue women care about most is the economy. >> what the heck happened last night? >> democratic women candidates had a very good night. ♪ celebrate good times >> this victory belongs to you. ♪ come on >> you did this. >> let's get right to our panel now. msnbc political analyst karen finney is a former communications director for the dnc and krystal ball is my colleague and co-host of "the cycle." they're calling this the year of the woman, but it didn't come a minute too soon, did it? because according to one study, the united states is tied with turkmen
. >> david brooks, whose best claim to fame is drooling over obama's crease in his pants. >> this was math. it was ground game. >> mitt romney would have won last night if he had the same demographics ron 23458d reagan had. >> it was about 35 to about 12 of people whose votes were decided for them by their ethnicity, their age, or their gender. >> if we're not getting the female vote, do we become pro-choice? >> you cannot dodge the reality that the...
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brooks' column saying, well, romney will be able to get along better with congress, but the message that this would send is that obstructionism and just complete refusal to compromise pays off. so one of the important things to do in this election is to vote for compromise. vote for this kind of bipartisanship. vote for working across the aisle. don't validate mitch mcconnell and eric cantor and john boehner's strategy. their whole strategy was to obstruct, obstruct, obstruct and get a new president with the purpose of making it seem that the president was unsuccessful. >> well, make it seem that this president was responsible. >> even on something that hadn't gotten any attention at all and should in the last few days. let's just take three quick issues. so embassy security. they blocked obama on sending a $300 million for embassy security. infrastructure. the president had a jobs bill that provided infrastructure. we all now understand how important infrastructure is. they blocked him on that. climate change. that bill passed the house and was blocked by mitch mcconnell in the sen
brooks' column saying, well, romney will be able to get along better with congress, but the message that this would send is that obstructionism and just complete refusal to compromise pays off. so one of the important things to do in this election is to vote for compromise. vote for this kind of bipartisanship. vote for working across the aisle. don't validate mitch mcconnell and eric cantor and john boehner's strategy. their whole strategy was to obstruct, obstruct, obstruct and get a new...